Bioethics Education International (BEI) advances policy and intercultural bioethics debates from the beginning to the end of life.
Who We Are
BEI is a 501c3 tax exempt not-for-profit international organization incorporated in the State of New York, located in Manhattan.
Who will benefit from BEI’s programs and activities?
The organization benefits students, professionals and policy makers from various fields, such as healthcare, the humanities, and the law, as well as policy makers and the public at large. It aims to provide stakeholders with resources to understand and find solutions to issues in global health, health care, new medical technologies, and the life sciences.
How will BEI achieve its educational and outreach purposes?
Through an online bioethics hub, BEI is offering engaging and interactive e-learning courses, webinars, and training sessions. The hub will offer timely topics in bioethics in creative ways, incorporating an interdisciplinary and intercultural approach to confronting ethical issues in medicine, bioscience, medical technology, life sciences, and the environment. BEI provides public access to international bioethics education, facilitates collaborative learning, networking and community debates across the life course around the globe.
News and Articles
New IVF Technology and the Ethics of Innovation
A new device in fertility medicine is designed to identify and retrieve eggs that are often undetected during standard IVF cycles. On the surface, this sounds like progress, potentially improving success rates and offering new [...]
Neglected Tropical Diseases Are at Risk of Resurgence
Reductions in USAID support for neglected tropical disease programs increase the risk of resurgence, including diseases such as onchocerciasis (river blindness). For nearly two decades, coordinated mass drug administration campaigns supported through USAID partnerships enabled [...]
MSF Hospital Bombarded by Government Forces in South Sudan
The recent bombardment of an MSF hospital in Jonglei State, South Sudan, reflects a deeply concerning pattern: the increasing normalization of attacks on healthcare facilities in conflict settings. Under international humanitarian law, medical facilities are [...]
New Site Lets AI Rent Human Bodies
A new platform, called RentAHuman.ai is a platform for AI agents to search, book, and pay humans for physical world-tasks. The platform has already tens of thousands of people listed as employees of AI bots, [...]